Environmental groups are preparing to sue the federal government for not listing the gopher tortoise as endangered in four southern states

A zoo in Belgium recently welcomed a new resident: a newborn Rothschild's giraffe.

Mr. and Mrs. Pickles welcome three "sweet baby pickles" this month.

The Houston Zoo announced that Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old tortoise, and his partner Mrs. Pickles, 53, are parents to three hatchlings, Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeño.

The dolphins were sent to a state laboratory, where a necropsy will be performed.

Wildlife officials say they're searching for a mountain lion that clawed a man’s head while he was seated in a hot tub with his wife at a rental home in central Colorado

A man was attacked from behind by a mountain lion and suffered wounds to his head while he and his wife were relaxing in an in-ground hot tub.

The federal government says endangered Atlantic salmon can coexist with dams on a river in Maine, dealing a blow to environmentalists who want to remove the dams

France’s highest administrative body has ordered the government to better protect endangered dolphins and porpoises in a French industrial fishing hub in the Atlantic Ocean that has become controversial over links to mass deaths of cetaceans in recent ...

A dog named Bucky, who survived being shot in the face and left in the woods tangled to a tree, was paraded out to applause after recovering from his injuries, and is now ready to be adopted.

The Moscow Zoo prepared special treats for its giant pandas to celebrate Panda Day, though they seemed to prefer their usual meal of bamboo shoots.

An Oklahoma woman's ear was ripped off by an escaped pet monkey she found on her porch, police said.

National Geographic has an inside look at programs helping the threatened species, including a program that reintroduces baby sharks back into the ocean.

The scientific nonprofit that tracks the white shark population in Cape Cod waters identified 55 new individual sharks during its most recent research season, but experts say that’s no reason to be afraid of going in the water this summer

The American Kennel Club revealed the top five most popular dog breeds for 2022 on Good Morning America.

The dolphin popped out of the water and kept up with the boaters as they sped through the water off Dana Point.

Police killed a zebra in Ohio after it attacked and nearly bit off its owner's arm.

These lambs love bouncing around their mom while she's enjoying a snack.

Police shot and killed the zebra after it nearly bit off the arm of its owner, Ronald Clifton.

She swam alone in her tank for more than a decade.

An exotic serval found in a Cincinnati neighborhood with cocaine in its system was released from animal care and is recovering at the Cincinnati Zoo.

The Cincinnati Zoo has taken in an African serval cat after the animal was recovered from a wild adventure

The Cincinnati Zoo has taken in an African serval cat after the animal was recovered from a wild adventure

A burrowing owl hitched a ride on the Royal Caribbean International's Symphony of the Seas and remained on board for two weeks

A harmful algae bloom killing marine life and diminishing air quality as it creeps up the coast of Southwest Florida.

Snowmobilers came face to face with an unfriendly moose on the trail.

A look at the numbers behind the Iditarod dog sled race and challenges the world famous trek through the Alaskan wilderness is facing.

A couple rescued a young deer in distress with its foot caught in their neighbor's barbed wire fence and after recovering, the deer made "regular visits afterwards."

Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population

A Nebraska Sheriff’s office cited two men for allegedly hunting a bald eagle with the intention of cooking and eating the national bird.

This English bulldog refused to give up a knife despite her owner’s desperate pleas to drop it.

A hunter who told authorities he killed and skinned what he thought were two coyotes, but later discovered they were a Connecticut family’s pet German shepherds, has been criminally charged

An infra-red camera at Wanglang National Natural Reserve in China captured rare footage of a wild giant panda taking a drink of water and then adorably ambling up to give the camera a sniff.

The number of endangered Mexican gray wolves roaming the southwestern U.S. has topped 200 for the first time since reintroduction efforts began more than two decades ago

Puerto Rico’s government is closing the U.S. territory’s only zoo following years of suspected negligence, a lack of resources and deaths of animals that were highlighted by activists

On Thursday, the 4-year-old bear escaped his habitat around 1 p.m. to wander the zoo for about 50 minutes.

For the second time in a month, a bear at the St. Louis Zoo figured out how to get out of his enclosure and enjoy a brief taste of freedom

An elderly man was killed and a woman critically injured in a "horrific" dog attack in Texas on Friday, authorities said.

A Husky and a smaller dog manage to play the escape game with a little help from each other.

New Mexico's governor has stepped into the fight over how federal land managers are eradicating wild cows in the Gila Wilderness

A couple polar bears at the Oregon Zoo enjoyed the snowy conditions from a recent winter storm, playing around in the fresh snowfall.

Students have been attending school remotely since Wednesday.

An Arkansas high school has switched to remote learning after bats were found on campus. Professional exterminators and maintenance are working to reolve the issue.

The demolition of a severely earthquake-damaged building in Turkey turned into a rescue operation when two cats were spotted inside. Both cats were reunited with their owners.

A Chinese pangolin has been born in the Prague zoo, the first birth of the critically endangered animal in Europe

A beloved dog known for cheering runners at the Boston Marathon has died, according to his owner Richard Powers.

An independent scientific agency that advises the federal government on policies that could impact marine mammals says there is no evidence linking site preparation work for offshore wind farms with a number of whale deaths along the U.S. East Coast

Flaco, the newly freed Eurasian eagle owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo, has attracted crowds to Central Park to watch the celebrity hunt and thrive.

Baby elephant brothers really "tested the waters" for their first bubble bath.

Xiang Xiang, “super papa” Eimei and daughters were sent to a protected facility.